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yconic is the place where you can give and get the help you need for your life as a student. To help keep our community an enjoyable, helpful and safe place for all members, please adhere to the following guidelines.

1. Be nice to people. It's okay to provide constructive criticism, but there is no need to insult other members. For example, "X major is over-saturated right now. You might have trouble finding a job" is fine. "Your major is dumb. Have fun working in fast food," is not helpful nor appropriate.

2. Ask actual questions. If you're looking for help with something, titling a thread "HELP, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO" isn't going to appeal to the members that may be best suited to help you. Be specific and title your post with relevant information.

3. Don't abuse the anonymous feature by pretending to be multiple people. Surprise, surprise, we know who posts what :)

4. Please only tag relevant interests when you create a new thread. Adding unrelated interests is unlikely to get you the help you're looking for and can frustrate other members.

5. Avoid spamming. This includes replying to your own thread for the sole purpose of moving it up the discussion feed.

yconic is the place where you can give and get the help you need for your life as a student. To help keep our community an enjoyable, helpful and safe place for all members, please adhere to the following guidelines.

1. Be nice to people. It's okay to provide constructive criticism, but there is no need to insult other members. For example, "X major is over-saturated right now. You might have trouble finding a job" is fine. "Your major is dumb. Have fun working in fast food," is not helpful nor appropriate.

2. Ask actual questions. If you're looking for help with something, titling a thread "HELP, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO" isn't going to appeal to the members that may be best suited to help you. Be specific and title your post with relevant information.

3. Don't abuse the anonymous feature by pretending to be multiple people. Surprise, surprise, we know who posts what :)

4. Please only tag relevant interests when you create a new thread. Adding unrelated interests is unlikely to get you the help you're looking for and can frustrate other members.

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yconic is the place where you can give and get the help you need for your life as a student. To help keep our community an enjoyable, helpful and safe place for all members, please adhere to the following guidelines.

1. Be nice to people. It's okay to provide constructive criticism, but there is no need to insult other members. For example, "X major is over-saturated right now. You might have trouble finding a job" is fine. "Your major is dumb. Have fun working in fast food," is not helpful nor appropriate.

2. Ask actual questions. If you're looking for help with something, titling a thread "HELP, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO" isn't going to appeal to the members that may be best suited to help you. Be specific and title your post with relevant information.

3. Don't abuse the anonymous feature by pretending to be multiple people. Surprise, surprise, we know who posts what :)

4. Please only tag relevant interests when you create a new thread. Adding unrelated interests is unlikely to get you the help you're looking for and can frustrate other members.

5. Avoid spamming. This includes replying to your own thread for the sole purpose of moving it up the discussion feed.

Callling all 2011 Grads!!!

I'm an 11th grade student heading into 12th grade next year, and I was hoping for a little advice from all of you who've been there and done that.

It would mean the world to me, if anyone entering any program (ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE HEADING INTO LIFE SCIENCE/ BIOMED) would post their prospective major, from which school, top 6 average, marks for their pre-reqs, any EC's, and what time of year you got accepted.

Please include any additional info or any other comments, that you think would be helpful (such as your experience with repeated courses, the ouac system, scholarships, leadership etc.)

Your input will be very helpful and give all the grads of 2012 a better idea of the grade 12 experience. thanks to all! Enjoy your summer!

I remember answering your question about repeat courses for Queen's a while back. While I understand that you may be slightly confused about the process of applying, I think it would be better if you don't post the same posts numerous times in different sections because it gets slightly confusing.

However, I digress. I will be heading off to Queen's this September and hopefully get into life sciences for second year. My top six average is probably around 88-90% because I haven't gotten my final marks back yet. I was accepted around late April because my first semester marks weren't very strong.

Top 6 with Prereqs (from midterm):

Advanced Functions: 93%
English: 94%
Eng Lit: 95%
Calculus: 88%
Chemistry: 85%
Biology: 74% <---While I'm not about to make excuses for this poor mark,the biology teacher for our class was particularly tight with marks and the class average was very low; this mark probably explains why I probably didn't get accepted until late April.

I had a lot of EC's though, but mainly, I volunteered overseas for two summers in Asia, published writing in a book, won some national art/writing competitions, and was the senior editor of my school newspaper.

Queen's only looks at the highest mark for repeated courses, however, U of T does not. The ouac system is not particularly hard to figure out and you can check your offers through that website. Start looking for scholarships early, but don't restrict yourself to really competitive ones. Grade 12 will be a stressful year with all the university and scholarship applications. Don't be discouraged if all your friends start getting acceptance letters in winter, just stay patient, and good news will usually follow.

I had a fair number of ECs. I was the chair of our big volleyball tournament that ran over 3 weekends, leading a committee of 20-ish people. I was the co-chair in charge of organizing our commencement ceremonies for 700-ish grads. I played rugby and handball. I was in the leadership class. Also fairly involved in the rugby community.

I was offered a $50,000 scholarship to U of C, which I declined. I received about $20,000 worth of scholarships in my first year, $50,000 over my whole degree at the U of A. 12/27 scholarships were from the U of A, 12/27 were from the government and 3 were external. And trust me I applied for a LOT more external scholarships. So obviously the school you choose to go to can make a big difference as far as scholarships go. U of A and U of C were the only two schools I applied to, and both provided me with a fair bit of money. That being said, many of the scholarships I won from the universities still required an application, and the applications were due early. START LOOKING NOW.